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At least four people are dead after Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast, with strong winds and heavy rain triggering a wall of sea water. The category 4 storm – one of the strongest hurricanes to ever strike the US – tore across Louisiana on Thursday, threatening the city of Lake Charles, an industrial and

A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting has been sentenced to life without parole. It’s the longest prison term handed out in New Zealand’s legal history, and a penalty never before used in the country. Brenton Tarrant‘s sentence follows three days of emotionally charged statements from his victims in

Harry Maguire is set to have a full retrial after being granted an appeal against his conviction for assault and attempted bribery in Greece. A spokesman for his club, Manchester United, said: “An appeal against yesterday’s verdict was lodged this morning by Harry’s legal team. “In accordance with the Greek judicial process, the filing of

Two patients in Europe have reportedly been confirmed as having been reinfected with the coronavirus, with scientists admitting it is “not good news”. A patient in the Netherlands said to have caught the virus for a second time is an older person with a weakened immune system, according to Dutch national broadcaster NOS. The other

Harry Maguire has been removed from the England squad after he was given a suspended prison sentence in Greece. The 27-year-old defender was found guilty of assaulting a police officer, swearing, resisting arrest and attempted bribery by a court on the island of Syros on Tuesday. He was handed a jail term of 21 months

A New Zealand court has heard more harrowing stories of survival and loss from the Christchurch terror attacks.  It’s the second day of a hearing to sentence mass murderer Brenton Tarrant. The 29 year old Australian admits shooting men, women and children while they prayed at two city mosques last year, killing 51 people. Tarrant

German doctors treating Russian dissident Alexei Navalny say tests indicate he was poisoned. Medics at Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, where the Putin critic has been since being transferred from Omsk in Russia’s Siberia region on Saturday, said: “The clinical findings indicate intoxication by a substance from the cholinesterase inhibitor group. “The specific substance has not been identified

Christchurch mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant wanted to kill as many people as he could and had planned to attack a third mosque, a court was told as his sentencing hearing began. The mass murderer appeared at the High Court in the New Zealand city on Monday, amid heightened security, armed police, barriers and road blocks.

Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, has brandished an assault rifle in Minsk as 200,000 protesters took to the streets of the capital. As demonstrations against his disputed election victory a fortnight ago continue, Russia’s foreign minister claimed the country’s opposition politicians want “bloodshed”. Turning the streets red and white on Sunday with their vibrant flags, those

People living in the southeast of Australia have been enjoying rare snowfall brought on by Antarctic air. New South Wales, Victoria, the Australia Capital Territory and the island state of Tasmania have experienced snow, with pictures of snowy towns and landscapes filling social media. “We’ve seen light #snow make it to #Canberra today, and yes

Belarus’s main opposition challenger has revealed she will return home when the regime is ready for dialogue and is even willing to engage with President Alexander Lukashenko. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania after challenging the results of a disputed presidential election two weeks ago, told Sky News the momentum for change in her country

A prominent critic of Vladimir Putin has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, amid claims he became seriously ill after drinking a cup of tea laced with poison. Alexei Navalny, who remains in a coma after his condition deteriorated on Thursday, was transported from a Siberian hospital to Berlin on a special medical plane. The

The head of the World Health Organisation says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in two years. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 took two years to end, he said. “Our situation now with more technology, of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading, it can move fast,”

Russian doctors say there is no evidence Alexei Navalny was poisoned and have banned the Putin critic from being transported abroad. The 44-year-old’s spokeswoman previously said doctors had caved to Kremlin pressure – but medics said the decision was made because he was not well enough. The long-time critic of President Vladimir Putin is fighting

Alexei Navalny is Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent and as such, no stranger to threats against his life. In 2017 Navalny was attacked by a pro-Kremlin supporter who threw a chemical substance in his eye, leaving him partially-blind, and last year he was rushed to hospital from his prison cell, again for suspected poisoning. Doctors

One of Russia’s leading opposition politicians is in hospital with suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. Alexei Navalny, 44, a long-time critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is in intensive care in a hospital in the city of Omsk, according to Kira Yarmysh. The pro-democracy campaigner is unconscious and was placed on a ventilator, Ms